HAP tenants subjected to 'campaign of harassment' after notice to quit awarded €12k

WRC ruled that the tenants suffered 'serious intimidation' when individuals turned up at the rented accommodation wearing masks and carrying large tools

The award given to the couple was the equivalent of one year's rent. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Two tenants who alleged that individuals turned up at their rented accommodation wearing black masks and carrying large tools as part of a "campaign of harassment" have been awarded €12,000 for "egregious" harassment.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), adjudicator Michael McEntee ordered Lisa and Michael Furlong to pay €12,000 compensation to former tenants Joselyn King and her partner Piotr Pedzisz.